by katyareimann | Jun 9, 2022 | Commonplace Book
Sometimes it’s about when you read some piece of writing that it becomes totemic. Sometimes it’s just the writing. “The past,” he thought, “is linked with the present by an unbroken chain of events flowing one out of another.” And...
by katyareimann | Mar 4, 2022 | Lives & Places
Anna Gorobievskaya, Happy New Year, Friends! c 1973 For the last few years, I have become increasingly passionate about the postcard art of the USSR, and increasingly interested in the Snihuronka figure, the Snow Maiden who is, perhaps, the grand-daughter helper of...
by katyareimann | Apr 24, 2018 | Bookshelf
I ordered it about a week back. My childhood copy had gone missing. I love Paul Gallico’s writing. He’s probably known best these days for The Poseidon Adventure (1969), but I hope not. This one, The Man Who Was Magic (1966), remains one of my favorite...
